Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes — October 10, 2016

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just arrived to the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until October 17. During this time, we kindly request your assistance in trying out some of the new content it contains before we officially release the patch to the live version of Heroes. Just like last time, if you encounter any bugs or other issues during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forum to let us know about your experiences.

New Hero: Samuro

Samuro, the last remaining blademaster to wear the banner of the Burning Blade, is on a warrior’s pilgrimage in search of vengeance and redemption for this fallen clan. It will be a long journey, but he has sworn an oath to restore his clan’s honor.

Damage Reduction: When two damage reduction effects, such as Resistant (25%) and Hardened Shield (75%), are simultaneously applied to a Hero, the larger effect will no longer be overridden by the lesser effect.

Anub'arak: The Cocoon overlay will now display correctly for enemies affected by Cocoon.

Auriel: The Piercing Lash Talent tooltip now correctly states that Detainment Strike will only pierce Heroes, rather than all enemies.

Auriel: Enemy Heroes will no longer occasionally be Stunned by Detainment Strike when knocked away from terrain.

Auriel: Quest progress for the Repeated Offense Talent will now be correctly tracked in the Stats panel.

Azmodan: Globe of Annihilation’s range indicator is now visually consistent with indicators used by other long-range Abilities.

Greymane: The Go for the Throat indicator will no longer visually persist above Heroes who have post-death forms, such as Uther or Leoric, after they are killed.

Illidan: Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause Illidan to fly back to his death location if he was killed while using Dive.

Kharazim: Will no longer automatically resume attacking enemies after using Radiant Dash to dive to an ally. This fix also applies to Illidan’s Friend or Foe and Kerrigan’s Adaptation Talents.

Leoric: Minions will no longer path around Leoric when he is in Undying form.

Medivh: The damage over time effect from Xul’s Poison Nova will no longer be visually removed from Medivh’s Health bar after traveling through a Portal with the Mage Armor Talent.

Rexxar: A delay will no longer occur between repeated Misha, Focus! casts.

Sgt. Hammer: Re-casting Orbital BFG just as the first missile re-enters the Battleground will no longer cause the new missile to follow the previous path.

Sylvanas: The Death Recap tooltip for Wailing Arrow now correctly displays the Ability’s description.

The Butcher: Hamstring will now correctly deal bonus damage to non-Heroic targets after learning the Cheap Shot Talent.

Zagara: The Stasis overlay will no longer appear on the screen when Zagara’s Mutalisk enters Zeratul's Void Prison.

Sound

Illidan: Voiceover that plays while casting The Hunt is now only audible for Illidan and his target.

Illidan: High pitched ambient sounds that play while casting The Hunt are no longer audible for the target’s allies. Lower-pitched ambient sounds will still play for all players and observers.

User Interface

Death Recap: Fixed an issue in which a Heal effect could occasionally appear to be the killing blow in Death Recap notifications.

Replay: Selecting a Hero during a Replay will no longer prevent the Hero Portrait and Status Bars from switching correctly when attempting to view a different Hero’s perspective using hotkeys.

Observer: Warhead counters will now update properly in the Observer interface on Warhead Junction.